Who remembers Wilfred Pickles?

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I heard a blast form the past earlier and that reminded me of Wilfred Pickles & Mable.
Does anyone in here remember the old radio programmes?

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Britain had talent then.

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I used to love listening to Wilfred Pickles all those years ago and always smiled when he used his catchphrases … “What’s on the table, Mabel” and “Give him the money, Barney”.

Gosh, those were the days! :+1::grinning:

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Didn’t they have a Tv series?

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I don’t remember Wilfred Pickles show .
What was on the table Mabel?
Was is it like the generation game where you had to guess?

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I cant remember one either, but I do remember Pledge’s Pickles from Nearest and Dearest with Hilda Baker and Jimmy Jewel.
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I remember him.

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Me too.
Makes me sad I was born in Lancashire .

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Certainly do. :grinning:
An actor too and he was the first BBC news reader with a Northern accent.

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I don’t remember WP, but I think that airing radio shows should come back - I think that people would like them. They could start with “Blockbuster”, “Countdown”, and “Come Dancing”!

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Come Dancing would be fascinating on the radio but on reflection they had Educating Archie with a ventriloquists dummy on radio so perhaps it is not as silly as it sounds.

(I don’t know the other shows you mention)

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Peter Brough must have had a very good agent to get him that one.

I think Hancock’s Half Hour was better on the radio.

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Absolutely agree, I have box of cassettes of the Hancock Half Hour Radio Shows which I must turn into MP3s

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Mabel was his wife who also appeared on his radio show and looked after the prizes, “What’s on the table, Mabel” was his catch cry

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I love Hancocks half hour it’s always on R4X

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I remember Nearest & Dearest. Nellie Pledge with her watch “ooo I must get that little hand fixed” :grin:

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I remember Hylda Baker being a landlady of a pub in a now vintage sitcom.

I loved the way she’d answer the phone at the bar. “the brown cow speaking”

Happy days, when comedians were allowed to be comedians .

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Hylda could really mangle English.
“I can say that without fear of contraception”
Was a famous one.

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